I. INTRODUCTION It is the dream of every girl that she is married to a lovable person and after marriage she will have a life with full of love and sweet memories. Quite often, this does not happen. The matrimonial home often turns to be a hell and in recent times there have been innumerable instances of married women committing suicide and they being tortured to death demanding dowry. Dowry which is a deep-rooted social …showed first 75 words of 3038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3038 total…or by relying on the prosecution evidence itself. There must be adequate and strong evidence to rebut the statutory presumption. Court can rely on probabilities arising from the evidence, the benefit of which can be given to the accused. But the court has to bear in mind the object and purpose of the enactment before any benefit is given to the accused. -:oOo:- <Tab/> <Tab/>